USMC 101896: 5th Div disembarks at Hawaii

Item Description
Title
USMC 101896: 5th Div disembarks at Hawaii

Citation information
USMC 101896: 5th Div disembarks at Hawaii. (5D-16-38; R-1-5.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/841

Marine Corps Library Number
0887-16

Additional identifiers
5D-16-38; R-1-5

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101896

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-23

Description
5th Div unloads from USS Gosper (APA-170) and USS Zeilin (APA-3) at Hilo, HI, in April 1945. They are greeted by a band and hula dancers. On Iwo Jima in March 1945, Japanese guns, body, and destroyed caves. Cave with Japanese characters and an American sign by Murray and Miller (Company A, 5th Eng Bn, 26th Marines) in response.

Location(s)
Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan); Hilo (Hawaii)

Camera crew
Wilson; Cockrell; L. L. Louft

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed March and April 1945.

Division
5th Division


Regiment
27th Marines
26th Marines


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
400

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public Domain. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
08/08/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
12:43

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II